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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am getting sick of Ward 3 parents suggesting what will work for my Ward 4 family that feeds to Deal.  Sure like another MS for Ross and Shepherd will be similar to Deal.  BS.  Our neighborhood has fed into Deal for generations and I take exception of you being so quick to kick us out.  Also, there is already a good MS alternative that you describe, it's called Hardy.  Stop trying to sacrifice other neighborhoods because you may be in the chopping block.  Fwiw, I do not think any neighborhood will get felt out of Deal, but it's nice to know that you look at us as such outsiders that you graciously allow to attend your school.[/quote]

Upper Ward 3 parents are so confident that they will be fine. They have already removed Ward 4 schools, except Laffeyette, from the feeder patterns -at least in my focus group. [/quote]

Well it's a good thing their focus group isn't making decision.  Every level I have heard states there will be no change in feeders to Deal.  OOB feeder rights is another story.  Funny how many of the Ward 3 parents assume that they are the only upper class families that live in DC and they have so much political power because of their income.  Their are plenty of families EOTP that earn more than Ward 3, not to mention some are even brown, gasp!  Assumptions are a MF.[/quote]

While, yes, your statement is factually true: there are households in ward 4 that earn more than households in ward 3, it is a meaningless statement. If, instead, you are trying to say something meaningful, like Ward 4 earns almost as much as Ward 3, then you're dead wrong. Not even close.

Ward 3 average HHI: 240,000 (a gain of 17k between 2007 and 2011)
Ward 4 average HHI: 115,000 (a gain of 8k between 2007 and 2011)

Data--emphasis DATA-- from http://www.neighborhoodinfodc.org/profiles.html

I'm not trying to plant my flag atop the family income hill. I'm just trying to root out people spouting completely unsubstantiated things. Especially completely erroneous or, at best, meaningless things. [/quote]

You are obviously not getting my point.  Firstly, most of the million dollar income earners (that raise the average) that live in Ward 4 do not attend DCPS so they will not move away if they don't get their way (as so many Ward 3 parents threaten).  Secondly, why don't you measure the incomes of AU Park (specifically the ones that attend public) and those of Colonial Village, Crestwod, Shep Park.  You will find the disparity is not that wide.  Ward 3 does not have any low income (or even middle income), Ward 4 does as it's geography is large, so averages aren't going to take you that far when proving your point.  My point is that the threats that Ward 3 "high income earners" are making is getting tired.  These neighborhoods have fed to these schools for generations and a few miles difference is not going to influence change, especially when you're threatening to cut ALL diversity.  Please don't mention how many French speaking white people live in Ward 3.  So please stop trying to make up this middle school on 16th that will alleviate all your troubles by taking any brown (many rich) kids out of ALL of OUR school.  It's not going to happen.  The entitlement some posters have is astounding.  They speak as of they have been doing EOTP kids a favor by allowing them to be zoned for Deal when they reality is Deal would have closed many years ago due to under enrollment when whites were too afraid to send their kid there.[/quote]

This is a lazy retort, deserving of only a modicum of effort in response. You asked about HHI in AU Park versus Colonial Village/Shephard Park. If only there was a way to find this out. If only someone had posted the link to a website with this information. If only you tried first to disprove your ignorant hunches before posting.

From the same website as before, HHI in AU Park is 215k (and that's down from 240k in 1999). In Colonial Village/Shep. Park it is 180k. We're talking about a 20% difference, and that's with your cherry-picked neighborhoods.

I have nothing to say about the rest of your post(s). I am merely here to provide some facts in place of false guesses masquerading as facts. [/quote]

1. How many AU families go private vs Shepherd Park?
2. What is the taxable income for $215k and $180k, accounting for mortgage interest, business loss etc?

You prove my point. [b]DC officials are not going to cater to AU families who pay maybe a few thousand year more in taxes at the cost the diverse, HHI of Shepherd Park because a few Ward 3 families are threatening to leave[/b].[/quote]

NP here. As of 2012, Janney IB is 92% and Shepherd IB is 28%. Given that the overwhelming majority of the neighborhood isn't using the school, I don't think you are going to get it's residents into a lather over moving boundaries. Now, no one is going to change Janney's boundaries because it is too close to Deal. However, for hypothetical purposes if that were to happen you can imagine the ruckus parents and residents would make.[/quote]

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